climber

noun
/ˈklaɪmə/UK/ˈklaɪmɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English clymbere, clymber (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

  1. inherited from clymbere

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

    • Police said evidence, including footprints, was found where they believe the climbers had begun to traverse the slopes beneath Zurbriggen Ridge.
    • Lots of pockets help with a commute, a storm hood is great if you get caught in a storm on a hike, weight and packability are essential for backpackers and if you’re a climber or biker, you’ll want a helmet-compatible hood.
  2. Something that is used for climbing.

    • If his greatest hits are museum climbers that complement the subject matter in surrounding exhibits, then "the mall jobs," he says, which are more about color and composition, "are little ditties."
    • Students raced in a swarm to be the first to the top of Monterey middle school’s newest piece of playground equipment, a $50,000 climber, when principal Ken Andrews removed the yellow tape on Friday.
  3. To ascend or mount with effort

    To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.

    • Stick plentie of bows among runciuall pease / to climber thereon, and to branch at their ease.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at climber. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at climber. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at climber

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA